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DISCUSSION
Welcome to WELCOME to the discussion for WEEK 3. Please respond in complete sentences for each question, unless directed to do otherwise, demonstrating in your reply that you have read the material in order to receive full credit.
Topic 1: The Virtual Frontier
This week, you watched Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier (Chapter 7).
Discussion:
The authors summarized 15 theses about the digital future.
Question #1:
Which of the theses do you see as the most hopeful? Explain your choice.
Topic 2: Digital Nation
This week you watched Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier (Chapter 7) and Second Life - The Online 3D Virtual World.
Discussion:
Rosedale's mission with Second Life is to fix the problem of alienation that technology created.
Question #1:
Do you believe that more technology, for example virtual worlds, can solve the problem of alienation that technology helped to create in the first place? Why or why not? Is there a solution to this problem? Do you have any experience with virtual worlds such a SecondLife or World of Warcraft? If so, what are your thoughts on virtual worlds?
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Standing in a competitive global marketplace
: With this in mind, does the benefit of SOX outweigh its costs? What America's standing in a competitive global marketplace and how does SOX impact this standing?
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The least squares prediction equation for weight change
: Refer to the Journal of Applied Ecology (Vol. 32,1995) study of the feeding habits of baby snow geese, Exercise 9.56 (p. 514). The data on gosling weight change, digestion efficiency, acid-detergent fiber (all measured as percentages) and diet (pl..
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Cost of future projects for a large contracting firm
: Ed Richter estimates the cost of future projects for a large contracting firm. Mr. Richter uses precisely the same techniques to estimate the costs of every potential job, and formulates bids by adding a standard profit markup.
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Critical to the rehabilitation process
: A disabled person's acceptance of a disability is critical to the rehabilitation process. The Journal of Rehabilitation (Sept. 1989) published a study that investigated the relationship between assertive behavior level and acceptance of disabi..
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Which of the theses do you see as the most hopeful
: Do you believe that more technology, for example virtual worlds, can solve the problem of alienation that technology helped to create in the first place? Why or why not? Is there a solution to this problem? Do you have any experience with virtua..
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Construct a payoff matrix for game
: (i) Construct a payoff matrix for this game. (ii) Determine whether each firm has a dominant strategy and, if it does, identify the strategy. (iii) Determine the optimal strategy for each firm.
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What is meant by the term point of view
: What is meant by the term point of view?
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Product quality and financial performance
: Many variables influence the price of a company's common stock, including company-specific internal variables such as product quality and financial performance, and external market variables such as interest rates and stock market performance.
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Why and how the use of social media can ensure your company
: Different types of cloud computing solutions that include your recommendation for the best choice and why you made that choice, An Office Productivity Software solution in a collaborative environment and why it is important to move in that direction.
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